If we can strain our memories back to 2008, an article was published on thebookseller.com titled, "How The Kindle Will Change the World". Just as the iPod changed the way in which people buy, share, and listen to music, kindles are effecting books. However, the device has not caught on in the same way that the iPod, and now the iPad, has. The Kindle was designed as a tool for downloading and reading books, magazines, blogs, etc. The iPad, on the other hand, has many other purposes but still includes the previously purpose of the kindle. Now, with the release of the iPad 2 and the craziness surrounding it, one must wonder, what does this mean for the kindle?
One point about the Kindle I'd like to highlight is the way that manufacturers and engineers made a point to design the pages to look like a book. Although we, the population of first world Earth, follow trends that progress and push towards technological growth, we hold on to old ideas. A kindle does not look like a book, but it is designed to be read like one. The reader turns and dog ears pages, highlights sentences, and reads in the same way they would have previously read a book. As we progress, it is interesting to see what we hold on to and what we change.This "readability" (the ability to look like paper and ink) is actually one of the reasons that the kindle can compete with the iPad.
It is rumored that Amazon is looking to develop an Android Kindle. The New York Times writer Nick Bilton points out that with all the other gadgets and tablets that can multitask, the future of the kindle is shaky. By teaming with Android, the Kindle could develop a full color screen and have the ability to do other things besides downloading and reading books. This change is not guaranteed, and even if it did occur would take years to implement. This development will be an important one to keep an eye on and may determine the future success of kindles and the way we read books forever!
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If we can strain our memories back to 2008, an article was published on thebookseller.com titled, "How The Kindle Will Change the World". Just as the iPod changed the way in which people buy, share, and listen to music, kindles are effecting books. However, the device has not caught on in the same way that the iPod, and now the iPad, has. The Kindle was designed as a tool for downloading and reading books, magazines, blogs, etc. The iPad, on the other hand, has many other purposes but still includes the previously purpose of the kindle. Now, with the release of the iPad 2 and the craziness surrounding it, one must wonder, what does this mean for the kindle?
One point about the Kindle I'd like to highlight is the way that manufacturers and engineers made a point to design the pages to look like a book. Although we, the population of first world Earth, follow trends that progress and push towards technological growth, we hold on to old ideas. A kindle does not look like a book, but it is designed to be read like one. The reader turns and dog ears pages, highlights sentences, and reads in the same way they would have previously read a book. As we progress, it is interesting to see what we hold on to and what we change.This "readability" (the ability to look like paper and ink) is actually one of the reasons that the kindle can compete with the iPad.
It is rumored that Amazon is looking to develop an Android Kindle. The New York Times writer Nick Bilton points out that with all the other gadgets and tablets that can multitask, the future of the kindle is shaky. By teaming with Android, the Kindle could develop a full color screen and have the ability to do other things besides downloading and reading books. This change is not guaranteed, and even if it did occur would take years to implement. This development will be an important one to keep an eye on and may determine the future success of kindles and the way we read books forever!
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/424791/newspaperid/4330/Kindle_vs_iPad.aspx
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/how-kindle-will-change-world.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/is-amazon-working-on-an-android-kindle/
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